Nvidia Geforce GTX 780 and 780 Ti

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Hello, I am planning on building a pc in the near future, and I will be basing all my components around my graphics card. I am planning on spending around $1500-$2000 on the PC and was wondering if for this money I could afford to buy the 780 Ti. Also, I am not sure as to what make should I choose considering there are something like 10 options to choose one. Which one is best for the price? Thanks so much in advance.
Also Here is a rough estimate of what I am planning on spending the money on so far, is this roughly correct?
$200 Memory (RAM)
$100 Power Supply [Corsair]
$200 (Big) Hard Drive
$200 (Small) SSD
$200 Motherboard
$700 GFX Card
$100 DVD/RW
$100 Case
Sound card? maybe
 
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The display resolution thing is important, because it limits how much it makes sense to spend on graphics. For example, running a single 1080P display, a GTX780Ti is hugely inefficient, and a GTX780 is still pretty huge overkill.

As a rough suggestion of where to start, this is a fairly basic GTX780 build with an i5 http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xj8p
It's pretty easy to go through an upgrade things as necessary but it basically shows that you don't have to spend an awful lot of money to get to where you need to be.
i5 can be swapped for a Xeon or an i7, but as I've mentioned the benefits can be fairly small, depending on usage.
SSD+HDD capacities can be upgraded, but within reason.
You can add a CPU cooler to reduce temps+noise, but...
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Sorry if this seems a bit strange, I am new to all this PC building. I would use it mostly for gaming. Is there a better price range you could suggest?
 
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Your breakdown is very odd. $200 on a HDD, memory or motherboard is quite a lot.
$100 on a DVD drive is insane(ly expensive)
$100 on a PSU isn't all that much, and if you have a $2000 budget, $100 on a case isn't huge either.

How much you should spend on graphics depends on a bunch of factors, but it's mainly going to be limited by your monitor setup (display resolution), the types of games you want to play, the sort of settings you intend to use, and what sort of lifespan you want to keep at that sort of level.
 
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Thanks a lot! No I don't like to over-clock as I'm new to this. Sorry I didn't specify, but I'm planning on playing on two monitors.
 
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How's this? (If you like Red and black of course xD)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($97.16 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($82.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($87.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($309.98 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($309.98 @ Best Buy)
Case: NZXT H440 (Red/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($129.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B BRONZE 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($54.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1634.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-21 05:59 EST-0500)
 
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This doesn't seem to be what I was looking for. I was going to go for a video card GTX 780 or 780Ti and the CPU would probably be an i7 instead of an i5. Also, 3-4Gbs of vram if possible? Thanks for the help though!
 
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Usage dictates what is best. Without extra info on things we are all just going to be speculating.
If you just want the best $1500 or $2000 gaming machine then people can throw them out there, but they won't really be specific to you.
An i7 for example, offers very little over an i5 unless you are doing things like video editing.
 
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+1 to what Rammy said, plus, if you are going for price/performance, you might just wanna go with a 770, in my opinion.

But again, it all depends on what you'll use it for, and also how future proof you want it.
 
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It's official, we've all out thread jacked you xD
 
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Sorry everyone for not specifying with enough detail. I want a PC that would fit somewhere in the price range of $1500-200 with a GTX 780(Ti). I just wanted to get the rough idea of how much what would cost and what is possible and what isn't at this sort of price range. I am probably going to have this PC for quite a while, I would say about 3-5 years and I want it to be a good gaming PC as well as somewhat 'future proof' as veladem said. I would like it to be able to do some video-editing too.
 
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The Xeon is an i7 and so also for video-editing good. The GPU is better for the price difference and 2GPUs are better for two monitors and when you plan to use it 3-5 years on two monitors it is better too but you can buy one now and later a second if the fps is not enough.
 
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The display resolution thing is important, because it limits how much it makes sense to spend on graphics. For example, running a single 1080P display, a GTX780Ti is hugely inefficient, and a GTX780 is still pretty huge overkill.

As a rough suggestion of where to start, this is a fairly basic GTX780 build with an i5 http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xj8p
It's pretty easy to go through an upgrade things as necessary but it basically shows that you don't have to spend an awful lot of money to get to where you need to be.
i5 can be swapped for a Xeon or an i7, but as I've mentioned the benefits can be fairly small, depending on usage.
SSD+HDD capacities can be upgraded, but within reason.
You can add a CPU cooler to reduce temps+noise, but without overclocking it's not at all essential, and spending a large amount of money here makes no sense whatsoever. Think something like a Hyper 212 at most.
For most people 8Gb of memory is sufficient, plus it's a really easy thing to upgrade later if you need to.
Cases are hugely subjective, but I went for a popular quiet case with great features and a few colour options.
PSU is all you need really, and at that price it's a steal, but prices will bounce around so look for the best deal at point of purchase.

Which GTX780 (assuming you actually need one) is a pretty impossible argument. I went for the EVGA because it's cheapest, comes with a competative factory overclock, and comes with a great cooler. You could make an argument for any of the Gigabyte, MSI, Zotac or Asus versions, or even the "reference" Titan-style cooler versions, but ultimately go with one of the cheaper options, or whichever you have brand preference towards., there's not going to be much difference in performance.
 
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Really? Is that from personal experience that you recommend it?
 
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Yes, they have a lifetime warranty, that is from personal experience, they actually gave my friend, (I built his PC.) an upgraded card cause his crapped out.
 
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